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We were given some eggs during our first incubator hatch so I put them in and had fun with a staggered hatch, anyway, I was amazed at how small and fast those little buggers were! Fascinating!

You want to see something hatch and run, hatch some quail! Man those things start moving fast and never quit!

Is it moving the leg but just can't right it's self? If so, that is normal. They have very little coordination. It takes a while for them to get all their parts going. They usually rest a bit after they get out and then will have spurts of flopping around. I wouldn't be too worried about it...

The above post made me curious: What do you all do with your 7 day candle clear eggs?

Here is my survivor and mom. Can't wait to see what color "she" develops.

Well, we had a small catastrophe with our hatch. On hatch day, one of my more persistent hens managed to make her way through my barricade to her "favorite" nest box (i.e. where broody mama was) and succeeded in crushing 3 hatchlings. I reinforced the barricade and hoped for the best as there...

Yay to all the chicks! I heard peeping under broody mama today. I'll wait another day or so before I take a peek but someone is peeping under there!

Can't wait to see your fluffy butts. Day 19 for my broody. She did her usual crazy broody run today and I got a look at the eggs. No sounds yet.

Congrats! I just put my broody into "lockdown" with 5 eggs. One I don't think is viable but we are giving it a chance. Hopefully we will have 4 little peeps on Monday.

You are more likely to have issues with the hatch if you open the incubator at this point. I have found that the bumping around does not bother the ones who are zipping and sometimes encourages them a bit. They will keep rolling them around and they shouldn't have a problem with air if you...

Day 18 for me is tomorrow so I will go into broody lock down. For me that means caging her so the other birds don't go in her nest during the hatch. She is very tolerant of other birds sharing the nest to lay but there is too much risk during hatch to let them share. Hope all 4 of her...

There are lots of causes. I have had some in the past do that. Hope it revives, sometimes they take a long break between pipping and zipping and kicking.

You must share pics of those combos when they grow out!

I candled tonight. I have 4 good wigglies under my broody. That will be a nice size for her if they make it as this is her first brood.

Today is my broody day 7. Candling tonight.

Here is a pic from a previous hatch. Works pretty good on the lighter eggs.